GeorgetownOn brings to light the history, nature, culture and people of Halton Hills.
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At the Georgetown Fire Hall, you’ll find a piece of local history that tells the story of both Halton Hills and the Second World War: ...
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The highest peak (414 metres) of Halton Hills is in Churchill, near Acton.
Halton Hills highest peak sits at 414 metres, or 1358 feet in a small village of Churchill, just outside of Acton. To be exact, the ... -
Georgetown’s Old Seed House Garden and Dominion Seed House
The Old Seed House Garden is a 1.8 acre civic garden honouring the legacy of the Dominion Seed House in Georgetown, Ontario. A haven for ...
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Georgetown Farmers’ Market is the highlight of community life. From June
Since 1993, fresh, juicy fruits & berries and field-ripened tomatoes & veggies picked in the morning and served at your dinner table that night! Along ... -
Halton Hills celebrates 50th birthday. Do you know the history?
On January 1, 2024, the Town of Halton Hills celebrated 50 years. The Town of Halton Hills was formed through the provincially mandated amalgamation of ... -
The Georgetown Boys. How Canadian Citizens Rescued Armenian Children
This is a story about The Georgetown Boys. In the early 1920s, the Canadian Armenian Relief Association was formed to gather information about Armenian children ... -
Lucy Maud Montgomery lived in Norval (1926-1935) and loved it just as much as Cavendish!
Lucy Maud Montgomery spent 9 years (1926-1935) of her life in Norval together with her husband, the reverend at the local church. Lucy Maud Montgomery ... -
Scotsdale Farm. Frozen in time and cold Canadian winter
Frozen in time and cold Canadian winter the Scotsdale Farm is glowing in the beauty of ice and snow. Enter from Trafalgar Road and begin ... -
The historic village of Limehouse has been known since 1805
In Halton Hills, formerly Esquesing Township, midway between Acton and Georgetown, where Black Creek, a brand of the Credit River cuts through the Niagara escarpment ... -
Glen Williams. The history of Williamsburgh began in 1825
The history of Glen Williams began in 1825. This year, old Benajah Williams and his wife, Elizabeth Kennedy, brought their large family to lot 21, ... -
The original name of the Credit River was as Missinnihe, the Trusting Creek
Have you ever thought about where did Credit River get its name? The name comes from the time when the Mississauga First Nations people that ... -
Terra Cotta Trails at the Conservation Area est. 1958
The summer cottages led Rod Clancy to create a summer park, which eventually became the Terra Cotta Conservation Area in 1958. This highly successful attraction ...
Artists in Glen Williams
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Before the arrival of the Europeans, the area was occupied by the Attawandarons, who were an Iroquoian-speaking people. Other groups that occupied the land included the Anishinaabe and the Haudenosaunee. In the 1800s, people from Mississauga moved into the area.
In 1819, the British government would negotiate the purchase of the Mississauga land under Treaty 19. The name Esquesing probably means That Which Lies at the End.FIRST NATIONS -
The town GEORGETOWN is named for George Kennedy, who came to the Esquesing Township area as one of the first settlers, as his brother Charlesy surveyed land there after the so-called Indian Purchase.
In 1819, all five brothers claimed land in the vicinity of present-day Georgetown and began their businesses.
It was about 1837 when the area became to be known as Georgetown.HISTORY OF GEORGETOWN -
Acton
In 1825 the first settlers arrived in the area. Rev. Ezra, Rev. Zena and Rufus Adams left the Methodists to pursue the farming life It is not until 1836, however, that the settlement is named Adamsville.
When the first post office was established here in 1844, Robert Swan, the first postmaster, changed the name Adamsville to Acton, after his birthplace in England.HISTORY OF ACTON -
Norval
The history begins in 1820 when James McNab bought land in 1812 to build a mill and raise sheep. A post office was established in 1836 and within 10 years 200 people lived in the village and a mill, a pub, two churches and two shops were built.HISTORY OF NORVAL -
Glen William
The community of Williamsburg became the main industrial center of the area due to its mills that ran along the Credit River. In 1825, Benajah Williams established the Williams' Mill here with his son Charles and Joel and history began to be made.
In 1852, the name Williamsburg was changed to Glen Williams.HISTORY OF GLEN WILLIAMS -
In 1781 the British Government started purchasing land from the Mississauga Nation.
In 1818, they bought what are now the townships of Esquesing and Nassagaweya.
Halton Hills was known as Esquesing Township.
The name of Esquesing, which translates as likely as That Which Lies At End.
The Town of Halton Hills was formed in 1974 by the consolidation of the Towns of Acton, Georgetown, Esquesing Township and the Villages of Ballinafad, Glen Williams, Stewarttown, Limehouse, Glen Lawson, Speyside, Ashgrove, Crewson's Corners, Bannockburn, Henderson's Corners, Whaley's Corners, Mansewood, Hornby, Silver Creek, Terra Cotta a Norval.HISTORY OF HALTON HILLS
Halton Hills In Images. Historical Atlas from 1877
William Barber Mill
Atlas Halton Hills 1877